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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Most of the time when the local people cooperate with the central government or receive any help from the government they come under the attack of the Taliban.

In the recent incident in Sangin district of southern province of Helamand Taliban killed five members of a family.Dawood Ahmadi provincial governor spokesman confirmed and told Bokhdi News Agency: “last night Taliban entered in a residential house in this district shot and killed five members of this family”.It comes the time that this family one day prior to this as they were killed received a few bags of formed seed on behalf of Helmand Agriculture and Irrigation Department. Ahmadi added initial investigation show the reason behind this incident is the distribution of formed seed but he declined to give further details onward and said, it needs more investigation.Helmand province is located in the south part of the country and in its some part the Taliban groups have active presence.Most of the time when the local people cooperate with the central government or receive any help from the government they come under the attack of the Taliban. Recently Helmand agriculture and irrigation department distributed a few bags of formed seed of wheat among the residential people of Sangin district to encourage the people to do not cultivate poppy in their farmland.Elham Sorosh-Helmand

Monday, June 25, 2012

A PROMINENT Afghan lawyer close to a possible presidential candidate has been arrested on charges of kidnapping and raping a woman.

Kabir Ranjbar, the president of the Afghan Lawyers' Union and a former member of parliament, was detained on Saturday, deputy attorney-general Rahmatullah Nazari said.

Mr Nazari said the woman, now aged 20, was kidnapped from Dehsabz district, northeast of Kabul, about two and a half years ago and held at the home of Mr Ranjbar's niece.

Mr Ranjbar, a familiar face on Afghan television talk shows, allegedly got the woman drunk and raped her, the prosecutor said, and two months ago she gave birth to his child.

"I can confirm Kabir Ranjbar, a former Kabul MP in the lower house of parliament, has been arrested by the attorney-general's office yesterday, accused of kidnapping and raping a girl," Mr Nazari said, adding that the investigation was at an early stage.

Mr Ranjbar is a key member of the Right and Justice Party, led by ex-interior minister Hanif Atmar, who is seen as a potential candidate for the presidential election in 2014